Re: digital PHI and snail mail

2003-03-04 Thread Jeffrey . D . Blevens
Diskettes, zip disks, CDs, DVDs are covered under 'Device and Media Controls.' Determine through risk assessment if you need to encrypt or not. Encryption is addressable. Personal opinion - non-encrypted through the mail is fairly risky (especially if sent regular mail, not express or

RE: digital PHI and snail mail

2003-03-04 Thread McKinlay, Mike
Title: Message Consider the following corollary: The Security Rule does not proscribe encryption for electronic transmissions of data. This is an addressable element that must be assessed by the covered entity. However,as long as the method of transmission is considered secure